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TULSA, OK--The Tulsa Regional Chamber and Tulsa’s Future t recently launched a redesigned economic development website to further strengthen its online presence, create a primary tool for business attractions efforts, and help its existing companies grow and prosper in the region.
“We are excited to launch this new website to b...
Whirlpool Opens Distribution Center in Tulsa
Mar 6 2020Whirlpool Corporation announced the official opening of its new state-of-the-art Factory Distribution Center (FDC) adjacent to its existing manufacturing plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The existing plant produces freestanding and slide-in ranges under the Whirlpool, Amana, Maytag, KitchenAid and JennAir brands.
Whirlpool’s $55 million investment in the new FDC, an 800,000 square foot facility, will approximatel...
American Airlines announced it will invest $550 million at its base maintenance facility in Tulsa (known as Tech Ops – Tulsa), the largest commercial aircraft maintenance facility in the world.
Tech Ops – Tulsa is home to more than 5,500 team members, 600 of which were added in 2019, and conduct...
Tulsa’s Future, the public-private regional economic development partnership led by the Tulsa Regional Chamber, helped create 2,656 jobs and generate $829 million of capital investment in northeast Oklahoma in 2019.
Notable economic development projects announced from this year include Milo’s Tea Company’s $60 million production plant in Owasso; the relocation o...
The placement of WPX Energy’s new headquarters, under construction at 222 N. Detroit Ave., pleases company CEO Rick Muncrief. Looking south toward the city skyline, he said he can view the company’s legacy at BOK Tower, where WPX’s forerunner, Williams Cos., took root. To the north he sees opportunity, t...
After more than 50 years of maybes, somedays and possibilities, the west leg of the Gilcrease Expressway took a giant step toward reality at a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning. At the corner of 56th West Avenue and 21st Street, Gov. Kevin Stitt, Mayor G.T. Bynum and County Commissioner Karen Keit...
American Airlines is expanding the work conducted at the world's largest commercial aviation base maintenance facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tech Ops – Tulsa), resulting in the need to hire more than 400 new team members.
Over the next few months, additional maintenance work will be sent to Tech Ops — Tulsa...
From Tulsa World
An aerospace group is relocating 85 employees from its airport venue to the historic Philcade Building downtown, company representatives said.
A division of Pennsylvania-based Triumph Group Inc., Triumph Aerospace Structures will move to Philcade’s 10th floor. Employees moving to the new offices represent engineering, product support, supply chain, qualit...
WPX Energy announced plans to build a new corporate headquarters in downtown Tulsa. The 11-story, 260,000-square-foot building will be located in the historic Greenwood District and built to provide space for the company's future growth.
"WPX has operations across the United States and could have built elsewhere, so the very intentiona...
Google announced Thursday a $600 million expansion of its data center at the MidAmerica Industrial Park, pushing to $3 billion its total investment in Mayes County.
The project, which increases its staff to more than 500 in Pryor, is part of the internet services company's $13 billion investment to expand dat...
Officials at a news conference Wednesday, May 1, heralded the arrival of Alabama-based Milo’s Tea Co., which is spending $60 million to build a production facility in an extension of the park just east of the Macy’s Fulfillment Center in Owasso.
The 108,000-square-foot center, which will create 110 jobs, marks th...
Local, area and state leaders celebrated the dedication of an MST Manufacturing building at a ceremony Friday.
The new business adds 100 quality jobs and a capital investment of at least $5 million.
MST Manufacturing is owned by Kenneth Statton, who founded his first machine shop with his father more than ...
Kimberly-Clark is making at least a $120 million investment that will add more than 50 full-time jobs to its facility in Jenks.
The multi-phased project, which will expand the Jenks mill by 270,000 square feet and install new assets for manufacturing Kleenex folded tissue products and Scott bath tissue, is expecte...
USA Today announced the Gathering Place as the winner of their 10Best Readers' Choice Awards for Best New Attraction in the nation this week.
“We at the Tulsa Regional Chamber congratulate the George Kaiser Family Foundation and all involved in making Gathering Place a reality for being named Best New Attractio...
Tulsa’s Future, the regional economic development partnership of public and private investors led by the Tulsa Regional Chamber, recently surpassed its goal to generate $1.1 billion of new capital investment in northeast Oklahoma between 2016 and 2020. Currently, more than $1.107 billion in capital investment projects are underway in th...
Hilti earned a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, honoring the best places to work in the nation.
The company entered the Top 100 list at #61, competing against large employers with 1,000 or more employees. Glassdoor is one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites where employees anonymously share workplace experiences.
Th...
Whirlpool Corporation plans to expand its operations in Tulsa with the addition of a new Factory Distribution Center (FDC). Adjacent to its existing manufacturing plant, the warehouse will support increased production capacity and improve efficiencies within the existing supply chain across North America, while simultaneously supporting growth in the region.
"Thi...
Gathering Place Park officially opened in Tulsa transforming the city’s riverfront into a world-class destination offering a free public space for all to enjoy.
“Gathering Place’s mission has been clear from the beginning – to bring all Tulsans together for a shared experience,” said Tony Moore, executive park director. “The par...
American Airlines announced daily nonstop service between Tulsa International Airport (TUL) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will begin on April 2, 2019.
The announcement follows a lengthy, strategic effort by airport, Tulsa Regional Chamber and City of Tulsa officials to secure daily nonstop service to Tulsa’s second most popular destinatio...
Amazon announces Tulsa fulfillment center
Jun 28 2018Amazon recently announced plans to build a more than 600,000-square-foot fulfillment center near Tulsa International Airport. The company will invest an estimated $130 million for this state-of-the-art facility, which will employ around 1,500 people with an annual payroll of roughly $50 million.
“We at the Tulsa Regional Chamber are absolutely thrille...
Sofidel Group, an Italian manufacturer of tissue paper, announced Friday a $360 million capital investment in Inola. The project will include the construction of a new facility that will support 300 jobs in the Rogers County community.
“Sofidel will build here a new, modern integrated plant to serve the south-central an...
Ingredion officially opened their downtown Tulsa shared service center in December.
The opening followed an aggressive 120-day plan that — with the help of Tulsa’s Future — identified and hired about 60 high-quality employees. The hiring schedule was accomplished all while renovating space their new employees began filling in November.
Their succes...
Lufthansa Technik Component Services celebrated their expansion to a new hangar with technical investments that are planned to bring new jobs to Tulsa at a recent ribbon cutting.
The event hosted Gov. Mary Fallin, Mayor G.T. Bynum and German dignitaries as they cut the ribbon and officially opened the expansion.
The Tulsa operatio...
A partnership with China Airlines will establish NORDAM Asia Limited with a facility in Taiwan that will repair structural aircraft components for the Asian airline’s fleet as well as others.
NORDAM recently hosted a ceremony welcoming a contingent of partners from China and the Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs, celebrating th...
